volage

English

Etymology

From Old French volage, from Latin volāticus.

Adjective

volage (comparative more volage, superlative most volage)

1. (archaic) Fickle, capricious, reckless.
   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Manciple's Prologue and Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales:

     When Phoebus' wife had sent for her leman,
     Anon they wroughten all their lust volage.

Anagrams

• lovage

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French volage, from Latin volāticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.laʒ/

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Adjective

volage (plural volages)

1. flighty, fickle
2. unfaithful

Further reading

• “volage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Adjective

volage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular volage)

1. flying; able to fly

Descendants

• → English: volage
• French: volage